Founder Profile

Pew is an independent nonprofit organization – the sole beneficiary of seven individual trusts established between 1948 and 1979 by four generous and committed siblings. Learn more about one of our founders: Mary Ethel Pew.

PROFILE

Simon Reddy directs the Pew Bertarelli Ocean Legacy Project’s work in the United Kingdom. The project is part of a larger initiative with the goal of increasing the number of fully protected parks in the sea from nine to 15 by 2022.

Before joining Pew, he worked in senior positions in international policy and advocacy, including executive director of the Global Ocean Commission, an independent initiative made up of 17 leaders from around the world. Reddy was also executive director of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, where his efforts focused on building a global network of cities committed to addressing climate change. Earlier in his career, he worked for Greenpeace in a variety of roles.

Reddy has a bachelor’s degree in ecology from City of London Polytechnic and a master’s in marine and fisheries biology from the University of Aberdeen.

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